Bed-spring fabric.



e. B. SMITH BED SPRING FABRIC. APPLICATION HLED JULY 20, 1914.

1,1&9,793. Patented Aug. 10, 1915.

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- r a t GARY B. SMITH, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BED-SPRING rABRIc' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 10, 1915.

Application filed July 20, 1914. Serial N 0. 851,970.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GARY B. SMITH, a citizen of the United States,residing at in the county of Cook and State of have invented a new anduseful lllIlOlS of which the following Bed-Spring Fabric, is aspecification.

The device formingthe subject matter of this application is a bed springfabric, and one object of the invention is to provide a novel meanswhereby the cross links will be prevented from moving longitudinally ofthe strands of the fabric, each link, at the same time, affording apivotal mounting for an adjoining link.

Another object of the invention is to provide, in a spring bed,connections between the strand portions of the bed, which connectionsare held against moving longitudinally of the strands, by clenchingfirmly upon the strands, some part of the connection.

It is within the scope of the invention to improve generally and toenhance the utility of devices of that type to which the presentinvention appertains.

IVith the above and other objectsin view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 shows in top plan, a spring bedfabric constructed in accordance with the present invention, parts beingbroken away; and Fig. 2 is a cross section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig.1.

In carrying out the present invention, and referring particularly toFigs. 1 and 2, there is shown a support 1 in the present instance, butnot of necessity, disclosed in the form of a cable which is bent uponitself, as shown at 3, to form a plurality of oppositely projectingloops, the'side portions of which define strands 2. The strands 2 are ispivoted.

connected by chains of links, the link be- Ing denoted by the referencecharacter 4. The link 4 is fashioned from a single strip of metal, bentupon itself to form a loop 5 and to form approaching arms 6, theextremities of which are fashioned into hooks 7 The hooks 7 of one linkreceive the loop 5 of the next link. The hooks 7 extend around thestrand 2 and are clenched firmly thereon, as indicated at 8, so that thehooks 7'cannot move longitudinally of the strand 2. The loop 5 of anadjoining link is pivotally mounted in the hooks 7, the end of the loopbeing in abutting relation to the strand 2 as indicated at 9. Thus, itwill be seen that although the fabric will be flexible, owing to thepivotal mounting of the loops 5 in the hooks 7, the chains of linkscannot move longitudinally of the strands 2, because the hooks 7 areclenched firmly upon the strands as shown at 8.

In order to complete the fabric, the loop of the terminal link at oneside of the structure will be fashioned into a strand engaging hook 10,clenched upon the strand, as indicated at '11.

Having thus what is claimed is 1. A bedfabric comprising strands; and achain disposed transversely of the strands, the chain comprising links,one end of each link being bent to form a hook which is clenched on astrand, the other end of the link being fashioned into an eye pivoted inthe hook of an adjoining link and disposed in abutting relation to thestrand wherewith is engaged the hook wherein the eye 2. A bed fabriccomprising strands; a chain disposed transversely of the strands andcomprising a plurality of U-shaped links, the free ends of the linksbeing bent to form hooks which are clenched upon the respective strands,the loop of each link being pivoted in the hooks of an adjoining link.

3. A bed fabric comprising strands; a chain disposed transverselyof thestrands and comprising a plurality of U-shaped links, the free ends ofthe links being bent described the invention,

to form hooks which are clenched upon the respective strands, the loopof each link being pivoted in the hooks of an adjoining link in abuttingrelation to the strand 5 wherewith said hooks are engaged.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

- GARY B. SMITH. Witnesses:

IVY E. SIMPSON, MARIAN MOORE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

